Comments on: Boris Sidelined At Conservative Conference

By: The Broken Society And Some Wobbling Allegiances

The Broken Society And Some Wobbling Allegiances — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:39:50 +0000

[...] he continue to marginalise Boris when the Mayor remains his most prominent media figure, or will he be forced to grant him a [...]

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 18:08:55 +0000

Alex – given the well known ban on Boris boozing during the campaign, there’s got to be a chance of the man himself trying that trick if he loses any more appointees…

By: BenSix

BenSix — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:52:38 +0000

Hehe, very good.

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 16:40:57 +0000

Boris Bingo: when Boris appears on television, you take a drink. You then keep drinking until you forget he’s the mayor.

By: BenSix

BenSix — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 12:36:17 +0000

“Let’s play Boris Bingo when he’s on the podium.”

Hehe, good idea.

By: Mr. Stop Boris

Mr. Stop Boris — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 12:16:38 +0000

Don’t forget the minute or so of him working out where to put his hands. In the pockets? Behind the back? Whatever is one meant to do on these occasions?

Let’s play Boris Bingo when he’s on the podium. Draw up a grid with things like “Stalinist”, Latin phrase, touch of the hair, reference to Ken Livingstone, etc. and see who can cross the most off in just 15 minutes. A full house probably wouldn’t be as challenging as it should be in the limited time available. Unless you put ‘clear vision and concrete policies for the next 3½ years in London’, of course.

By: Tory Troll

Tory Troll — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 07:13:09 +0000

Fifteen Minutes! We’ve been conned.

By: Helen

Helen — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:54:53 +0000

If you discount the humming, hawing, Latin drivelling and “hilarious” jibes, that gives him approximately 30 seconds of speech. Assuming he’s made it onto the platform in the first place.

By: BenSix

BenSix — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:30:46 +0000

I can’t see anything else, although he may have been bumped on the fringe…which would probably be more insulting.
Depending upon how long the ovation is, he may not have to say a word.

By: Tom

Tom — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:17:50 +0000

If true that’s an astounding slap in the face – let’s face it, Boris would have to bugger the lifeless corpse of Margaret Thatcher while singing the Red Flag not to get a standing ovation just by appearing on stage. London gets 15 minutes, Birmingham gets 80. Something very odd here, is that really Johnson’s only appearance?

Compare and contrast this story from the 2001 conference:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/uk_politics/2001/conferences_2001/conservatives/1589154.stm